Because of a stupid rule of Aliexpress the sellers are forced to photoshop the locking mechanism on the folders. So don't worry these folders come with a lock!It's the same with the "blood grooves" on the blade.

Great photos! and great knife! It looks fantastic. The grooves seem to be very symmetric (a rather difficult feat to achieve, even custom Anax often have asymmetric grinding for those).I can't wait to get mine! But it's not even "pre-advised" yet... so I guess won't be until two weeks or so...

And I received today two other of my many "Christmas/New year" acquisitions. The T-50 and the Two-Sun Tanto Kwaiken. The T-50 is everything you promised, Isti, big, very well finished, very smooth (albeit not "hydraulic" as the Piston, which is improving by the flip and reaching really impressive smoothness). The dark and rough stonewash on the scales is really great, too.The Two-Sun, on the other hand is rather disappointing. I love the looks but the grinds are not very good, the sharpness fails to impress and the general level of dirt and grittiness is appalling. It also took the longest time ever to get to me (arrived in France on the 28th of December, got delivered today, because that was a lower grade of postal service).So in this case, the low price is really justified ;)Still waiting for the Anax clone and a Vespa OTF that I've read plenty of good things about!

As for Dicoria, I'm a bit worried... The whole shop is no longer showing up in Ali, now!

I really love the Piston. It's getting smoother and smoother, and the flipping is fantastic. Fit, finish and all are really at a great level, so yes, given the innovative feature, the quality, the blade steel and the elegance, I feel it was definitely worth the price.

As for kwaiken, I really love that style and already have the Böker kwaiken in titanium/VG10. Clearly two cuts above the Two-Suns ;)

The OTF I ordered is sometimes called "Combat Troodon" on Ali but there are no markings and if it draws from Microtech, the model still is more a mix of many different version of Troodons, ultratechs and other. Very classy and clean, with a blade (s35vn) shape not related to any Microtech I've ever seen and from reviews, the quality is identical if not better than what Microtech produces. But it's another 125€ Chinese knife ;)

As for Ben/Dicoria, yeah, I think I had seen that other shop. But I can't find any other place with the TRE at the moment (which is good, else I'd have probably purchased it asap :) ). I hope it surfaces again in one month, that'd be rad!

I can't tell because that version has a completely different lanyard hole and even the handle has extra dot patterns (3rd pic). The photos are mixed because the last pic (disassembled folder) is about my version.

Yeah, I liked the new one because of the pattern on the back and no visible lanyard hole.I don't use lanyards and would have gone with this one if I knew for sure that I can remove it, but it doesn't seem to be an easy task as I don't see any accessible threaded end to do that.I think I'll play it safe and simply get the same that you have reviewed.